Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch

Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch (20 July 1942-) was the leader of the UK Independence Party from 27 November 2009 to 2 September 2010, succeeding Nigel Farage and preceding Jeffrey Titford.

Biography
Malcolm Pearson was born on 20 July 1942 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, and he worked as an international insurance salesman before becoming a UK Conservative Party politician and a life peer. He entered the House of Lords on 18 June 1990, and Pearson would later switch his allegiance to the UK Independence Party, a far-right populist party that sought to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union, in 2007. In 2009, he won UKIP's leadership election, and he was known for attempting to have the anti-Muslim film Fitna shown in England. In August 2010, he resigned from this post, saying that he was not much good at party politics. He would remain an important member of the party, however, and he was again criticized for saying that the Quran inspired the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.